What is CVE-2023-4302?

CVE-2023-4302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2023-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-4302?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Jenkins Fortify

CVE-2023-4302

A missing permission check in Jenkins Fortify Plugin 22.1.38 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2023-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Fortify
Jenkins Project Fortify Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-08-16/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4302?: CVE-2023-4302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2023-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-4302?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.